Without context, his reaction definitely sounds harsh and critical, like he’s comparing the difficulty of being a K-Pop idol to the fan’s university life. And a lot of comments regarding his response are criticizing him in turn.

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However, it sounds like there might be additional context that fans are aware of that make Zhang Hao’s response more understandable. According to them, the idol is known to be a bit snarky in a light-hearted, teasing way with fans, and so a comment like this might not have been meant to come across as rude. Considering that Zhang Hao has gone through the university life himself and knows just how difficult it can be, fans have a hard time believing he’d be intentionally hurtful to someone going through the same thing.

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What do you think of this situation?

Source: Pann Nate and Pann Choa

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